Jordan Salkin is in his second season with the Bengals, and his first in the role of assistant wide receivers coach. He joined the coaching staff as an offensive assistant in 2024.
In 2024, Salkin helped scheme a Cincinnati offense that ranked at or near the top of the league in several categories. The Bengals led the NFL in passing yards per game (272.9; team record), while ranking sixth in points per game (27.8) and ninth in total yards per game (365.5). Fifth-year QB Joe Burrow compiled his best statistical season to date, as he paced all quarterbacks in completions (460), passing yards (4918) and TD passes (43), on the way to earning his second career Pro Bowl nod and being named the NFL's Comeback Player of the Year. Burrow's top target, WR Ja'Marr Chase, became the sixth player in the Super Bowl era to claim the receiving "Triple Crown," as he led the league in receptions (127), receiving yards (1708) and receiving TDs (17).
Salkin came to Cincinnati after spending the 2023 season as quarterbacks coach at the University of Oregon. In Salkin's lone season on staff, the Ducks led the nation in total offensive TDs (82) and passing yards (346.9 per game), ranked second in total yards (531.4 per game), second in scoring (44.2 points per game), and third in third-down percentage (51 percent). QB Bo Nix set single-season program records and led the nation both in passing yards (4508) and TD passes (45), while WRs Tez Johnson and Troy Franklin each ranked in the top 25 both in receptions and receiving yards. Prior to Oregon, Salkin spent the 2022 season as a defensive analyst at the University of North Carolina.
Salkin's first NFL coaching experience came in 2021, when he served as a quality control coach for the Miami Dolphins. Working primarily on the offensive side of the ball, he helped QB Tua Tagovailoa post the second-highest completion percentage in a season in team history (67.8, seventh in NFL), while WR Jaylen Waddle set a then-NFL rookie record for receptions (104; since surpassed).
Salkin spent the 2020 season as quarterbacks coach at the University of New Mexico. Despite being limited to seven games due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lobos used four different starting QBs. Salkin helped QB Teveka Tuioti post a 133.5 passer rating in two starts, as he threw for four TDs against just one INT.
Prior to his stint at New Mexico, Salkin spent three seasons (2017-19) at the University of Texas, beginning as a graduate assistant before serving as an offensive quality control coach with a focus on quarterbacks in his final two years. In 2019, he helped QB Sam Ehlinger tie for the Big 12 Conference lead in TD passes (32), rank second in passer rating (151.8), and third and passing yards (3663). In 2018, Ehlinger's 275 completions ranked second in the Big 12 and were the most by a Longhorns QB since '09.
Salkin spent the 2016 season as an offensive quality control coach at Rutgers University, where he worked with the team's quarterbacks. He broke into the coaching ranks as an offensive quality control coach at James Madison University from 2014-15. In 2015, the Dukes ranked 10th in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) in total yards per game (484.6).
Salkin was born on April 29, 1992 in Long Island, N.Y. He graduated from the University of West Virginia with a bachelor's degree in sports management in 2014.
Playing and coaching history: 2014-15—Assistant coach (AC), James Madison. 2016—AC, Rutgers. 2017-19—AC, Texas. 2020—AC, New Mexico. 2021—AC, Miami Dolphins. 2022—AC, North Carolina. 2023—AC, Oregon. 2024-present—AC, Cincinnati Bengals.
